Loading map...

1935 Map of Shady Grove

Name: 1935 Topographic Map of Shady Grove
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1935
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1935

About this map

Arthur E. Morgan and the Tennessee Valley Authority oversaw this mid-1930s survey, documenting the French Broad River valley along the border of Jefferson and Sevier counties. The landscape is defined by the winding river and its numerous islands, including Ernest Fox Island and Bird Island. Away from the water, a dense network of country schools like Parrott Sch and Alley Sch served rural families during the Depression era.

Industry and daily life are grounded in the terrain, with Sandy Ridge Mill and Island Ford Mill marking local processing points along the waterways. The presence of Lee Academy and multiple cemeteries provides essential data for genealogists tracing ancestral homesteads near Shady Grove and Fair Garden. In the south, the terrain rises sharply toward English Mountain, framing the agricultural flats and hollows that once dominated this East Tennessee landscape.